Temporal Dynamics of Social Exchange and the Development of Solidarity: “Testing the Waters” Versus “Taking a Leap of Faith”.

In their concerted efforts to unpack the microprocesses that transform repeated exchanges into an exchange relation, exchange theorists have paid little attention to how actors perceive changes and dynamics in exchanges over time. We help fill this gap by studying how temporal patterns of exchange a...

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Published in:	Social Forces Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 253 - 274
Main Authors:	Kuwabara, Ko, Sheldon, Oliver
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Sep2012
Subjects:	Social exchange Solidarity Reciprocity (Psychology) Sociology of time
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